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TWO ERZBER6ER TELLS ABOUT ARMISTICE Interesting Revelations Arc Made to German Assembly HINDENBURG FIRST INSISTED ON PEACE High Army Command Said It Was Necessary to Take Any Terms. Weimar.?Mathias Erzbergcr, of the Goreman armistice commission, again held the center of the stage ~Pi - ..r 41.^ iii mitt ai\ajliiuuni?i UKnational assembly, outlining the entire history of the armistice negotiations, from the time they were begun last fall. His statement was in reply to a bitter personal attack made upon him by the first speaker to be heard under the rule giving time for an interpellation regarding tiie recently renewed a.mistiee?Delegate Vogler, of the German People i Party. The party was in an uproar for the better pait of an hour, first in protest against Herr Yoglcr's attach, and then in enthusiastic support ot Herr Hrzborgor as ho defended himself and scathingly denounced hi. assailant. Herr Erzbergev told the hous many things about the armisti v which we 1*0 either unknown to or had only been suspected by his hearer?.. One of these was his unqualifie I statement that it was Prince Maximillian of Baden who had approached the Entente because of the "Hon com pulsion of the hiirh militarv com mand for peace." It was Field Marshal von Hindenburg who demanded and authorized the signing of the first terms, Herr Erzberger declared. Herr Erzberger, who seemingly has been very unpopular because of his work in the armistice negotiations, and who received only scattered applause when ho spoke last week to the national assembly, reestablished himself by bis speech, not only with his own party but with all others, with the exception of the conservatives. Their demonstration caused Herr Voglcr to stop speaking by drowning out his voice. The house then chceixrd Herr Erzbergei at the con -hision of his speech, break ing the house rules and applauding as well as cheering* for several minutes until it was to order by President Fhrenbach. After lloir Erzberger completed hi: speech the court theater was almost vacated, most of the members and the crowds in the galleries withdrawing. Only a few persons remained to hear speeches by Hei'i Mueller, a majority Socialist from Breslau, and Uerr Groeber, a leadci of the Centrist party. Interesting Revelations. Berlin.?In his attack on Mathia* Krzberger, chairman of the Germar arrr\istice commission, at the meeting of the German assembly ycstcrdaj at Weimar, Uerr Vogler said ill"/, berger had failed to consult expert: before cntcr'ng into negotiations t< give up railway and agricultural ma chinery and criticised him for sign ing the naval convention in the far of energetic protests from "compe tent authorities." Vogler added that in the world' industry, commerce and professions it is recognized that the peace condi tions of President Wilson "were pu forward to lead us into an armistie first and then to do us violent in jury." Herr Erzbergcr, in reply, said tha Vogler's most serious complaint were based on a complete misundei standing of actual events and wer a skilful misrepresentation. He dc clared his whole official activity cor sisted in continually listening to c> P'.rts. lie contrauicteo uie asserwo that the Allies were disposed at th time of the original aiTnistice to cor elude a peace without indcmnitic" hut that after the revelation Marslu Foch had declared the entire situ.' tion had been changed and that th revolution had resulted in increasin the severity of the armistice. Military Necessity. On the evening o( November 1? Herr Erzberger continued, he recoil ed a wireless from the German hig command asking for concessions c nine points, but also containing ti phrase, now made public for the fir time, that "even if you do not sir coed in obtaining concessions j STATE TTENSl OF INTEREST TO ALL SOUT1I CAROLINA PEOPLE The Slate riglnvay department Has begun a crusade against owners ol' motor cars who have overlooked the matter of securing* a 1919 license. Strenuous effort is yet being made to get through the general assembly some plan looking to the construction of a permanent system of highways in South Carolina. No request has yet been received by the civil service commission in Washington for an examination to fill the office of postmaster of Columbia. William Elliott, Slate food administrator, has written to all county food administrators advising that stabilized prices for cotton seed are to continue, in consequence of an agreement reached in Washington last week. The rielousing plant, which is being built near the base hospital ?t Camp Jackson, is noaring completion and will ho ready for the soldic-s fiom overseas upon their arrival there. A half dozen recreation aids have been sent to the base hospital at Jackson to te.och the sick and convalescent boys such arts and ocupat'ons as will give them wholesome diversion. Governor Cooper signed requisition papers for the return to Greenville County of A. C. <le Perron, under arrest in New York, charged with issuing false checks and onto ining money under false pretenses. The Perry bill to allow banks, bark ing institutions, trust companies, insurance companies, and judges <. f probate (> any other persons acting as guardian or trustee to invest in federal farm loan bonds was passed by the house. o INVENTORY MUST BE MADE OF TOBAGGO D. C. Heyward, collector of in-; tcrnal revenue, said that as the new revenue act is now sure of becoming a law and as under its provisions ad dealers in tobacco, snuff, cigars and cigarettes would he required to pay j additional taxes, that dealers in! these articles will be required to i mnlrn immrwliiitnl v .*in invnntnrv of any stock which they may have on hand on the morning after the hill has been approved and signed by the president. Inventory blanks are being mailed to all dealers on record in the collector's office and dealers who do not receive these inventory blanks should notify the collector at Columbia. .Forms on which to make the return and pay the tax will be furnishby the collector as noon as received from the department and in the (vent any dealer should fail to receive these forms within 20 days after the approval of the act by the president, he should call on the collector to furnish the ncccsesarv 1 forms. A penalty is imposed by the ' law for failure to make the proper " inventory and to file the form with the collector within 20 days aftei s approval of the act. t> it HWWWHHBHBI 0 1 ' 1 '- those points, you must sign the ar t- niistice." :- Herr Erzbergor said ho took th ji responsibility Toe recalling Hug o Stinnos from Treves, where he wen i- as an expert in regard to the hand s, ing over of agricultural machinery tl Erzberger added: i- "1 could not present to our ad vet e saries as an export a man who lik f?- hit** Vuwl fjilfnn uiipIi ji Invar* nflvh i the exploitation of Belgium an who was the principal author of th deportation of the unemployed froi Belgium, an incident which has cr< h ated such a deplorable impression." ,n o i fho QuWfw That Does Not Affect the Hoi ,t Because of its tonic and laxative effect, I.AX/ T1VK BROMO QUININE is better than ordinal 2- Quinine and does not cause nervousness nc ; ringing in head. Remember the full name at loo* for the :# nature cf I?. W. GROVE. 30< the hobby hbba: What Will United Wartime Tuberci Br DR. GEORGE President Illinois Tuber One of the tragic conditions in unusual prevalence of tuberculosis amc lation; and one of the signal mistakes was that none of them foresaw or mf It could have been prevented to a large lous persons from the army through m< and by protecting persons with tuberc dous physical and menial stress of mc ameliorated by the provision of hosp development of an extensive dispensf creation of farm colonics and by kee] I he existing agencies for fighting this With these things neglected, tub< decimate France. Its ravages in Belgil Russia, Italy and Germany arc feeling and England, although better preparer culosis an enormous wartime problem. France is now struggling under t people crippled by the wounds of batth from active tuberculosis. Of her sol actively tubercular, and France, now 15,000 sanatorium beds by the end of tives. Belgium has seen her actively between 100 and 200 per cent in the What will the United States, wit losis hopelessly inadequate in times of do to meet her wartime tuberculosis ] SHOULD FERTILIZERS f 03 C. A. Whittle, Snl Improvemur Fertilisers should bo apply i in 1 has taught will bring the largest pre leas. lhofit.- in co*. ton production large] and fertilizers. Doth are now high in (YUcn room a a larvy amount of rem red Held on Th re fore, when profits of cotton production dot n use ra Ib:r a use c ?; >;-> [ \ ;o burden (1 wit in producing it depend upon mc reus it upon ii move than niost other crops, of the cotton lands of the South are ha cost of producing a crop of cotton. Then upon to give the farmer the oniy pn producing the crop. It is plain, then,tlu tions would mean simply cutting down to bo clear that any farmer having a let high labor cost sweep away his p necessary amount of fertilizers. Fertilizers are high priced, it is much the price as the profit-producing bo a guide. Fertilizers increase yield; In oth.-r words, they save labor, an most expensive factor in making a ci its-^ tuiu liiftat jjiuiuh murr certaii During ConvalssceBct J the aftermath of acute > disease, when physical strength is at low ebb, the body 1 needs particular, effective c nourishment to hasten res- \\ Novation of strength and vim. I1 iThere is no better time to!1 (utilize the peculiar nutrient qualities of i ! SCOIs S : i Being a rich food and tonic* it\ quickly aids in the restoration fcf the depleted vitality and improves the bJocaquality. builds up the body by Nature's best medium?nourishment. Scott & 3owacf Slwmficld, N. j. 18-7 TIMMONSVILIE MAN PROFITS RY ADVICE Finds That it Pays to Take County Agent's Advice | on Matters. If John Wilcox, of Timmonsvillo, S C., had not followed the advice of o his county agent it is more than like^ I 1. - J. !11 11 1- . . .. L .11 . 1 - . e is iiu i/i11 wuntil lie uii ui? out pmee ,t farming in a more or less profitable 1- way. As it is, this farmer, after \ blinging his stock and his acres up to the point of worth-while production, has sold his farm in Florence County o at a price much larger than he gave n for it, and has bought a better farm, d In a recent letter to the States Re e lnlions ScTvicc Mr. Wilcox comments n appreciatively on the assistance giv> en him by his county agent. H says: , * "Two years ago Mr. McLendoa id came to my farm and found that 1 had among the cows that \ was keep n ing some of good milking type from ? which I was not realizing one cent \ LP,- d^^AY, 8. O. i.r States Do to Meet ' ilosis Problem ? j T. PALMER culo?is Association ===== c] Europe at the present time is the ti >ng the soldiers and the civil popu- re on the part of the warring nation? ^ tde preparations for this calamity w extent by the exclusion of tubereuore careful examinations of recruit* p] iulous tendencies from the tremen- ai tdern warfare. "It could have been cc ital and sanatorium facilities, the try and visiting-nurse service, the ! ping intact, instead of dissipating, important modern war disease. c.? jrculosis now actually threatens tc v. am are horrible. Austria-Hungary, i' the acute sting of the white plague. I than all the rest ,is finding tuberp he burden of a half-million of her r. 3 and another half-million suffering v diers, 100,000 have been returned v working frantically, hopes to have the year to care for these consump- n f tuberculous population increased u past two years. h facilities for the care of tubercupcaco?what will the United States 11 (] problem ? COTTON BE REDUCED?' ; i it Committee, Atlanta, Ga. I* - <1 :ind and quantity that experience 11 >!iis to th'> farmer. No more, ro ly depend upon two factors, labor [ price. labor, more labor than any other the cost of labor increase:?, thft pidlv and are er.il>' vri;. >d oat. 1 h lab? r cost, it follow.? that profits >.?; the yield per a.cr ; it depends 1 As a nuutu- cf fact, a Rival deal ' ' illy fertile enough to nav I lie labor * fore, fertilizers have boon depended f )1ii he could expect to get out of i it to cut down fertilizer a optica- c the farmers' profits. It also seems j ny kind of land can not afford to < rolits through a failure to use tho ^ true. Hut, after all, it is not so power r.f the fertilizers that should : ? at the 'owest possible labor cost. ( d shi'V- labor is the biggest and \ rop of cotton, then fertilizers sav? i a- 1 t ycept fertilizing- value. He per- ( uadecl me to milk the best of these * >\vs and to turn the poorer ones into ' u tter milkers. He helped me to * rcct a convenient but inexpensive me ( f stalls and a milk house. A fter ve had added a few cows I kept amount of one month's sale of dairy uodncts, and it amounted to $200, jesides the skimmed milk I retained, 'or my pigs. I purchased a register i Guernsey bull, two registered :ows, and built a silo. About that i .:me I purchased some registered Duroc hogs, and to-day in addition . o my grade hogs for pork I am keep ' ug 42 registered brood sows and Lyilts and have on my farm 115 registered hogs. The county agent has assisted in double-treatment of all hogs against cholera, and has helped me to plan my pastures and hoghouses. "I plant covers, velvet beans, soy beans, and a great deal of rye and other grain. I feel that the profit realized on my farm is much greater than it would have been if we had had no county agent, for I have called upon bim in many cases of trouble and found him willing to respond when not too busy with other farmers." , Mr. Wilcox is determined to have everything properly planned on bis new farm and has requested the county agent's advice in constructing his buildings and laying out bis pasture lands. o IN MEMORIAM. In our joy and sorrow, too, you always use to share. Dearest boy, thou hast given your all on the Fields of France. No better boy could have died. Fiy pigeon over the created wave, And pray a flower you'll find Dim jlooping with the brave, Some whore in France. I know in spite of shot and shell, Of mustard gas and German hell; They found you fighting where you fell, Face to the front. May ever green Immortelle omblam the spot where he fell; And shade the grave we love so well. (In loving memory of a bravo boy in France.) Green Sea, S. C. ?Golda Stroud. f FOREIGN ITEMS jt GATHERED AND CONDENSED I FOR EASY READING Capt. Roy N. Francis, who has ? large of the army's plans for a ansatlantic airplane flight, made a jcord-breaking air voyage from 'ashington to New York city Last cek. Albert Ermond Taylor of Philadclliia, a student aviator at the naval q ir station, died from injuries re-s *ived when his seaplane took a nose c ive into Biscayne Bay at Miami, s Vigorous criticism of the proposed ^ institution of the league of nations j as voiced in both , houses of con- v i ess last week. ^ Senate and hou-*c conferees reacn- f. ! an agreement on the $400,000,000 ^ ostofficc appropriation bill, elimi- ^ aling the senate amendment proiding foi pneumali? tube mail scricc in New York City and Brooklyn. s Sir Wilfrid I.aurier, former pre- ^ licr of Canada, died of paralysis ^ ist week. h American and allied troops opcrting in North Russia will bo with /awn at "the earliest possible moicnt that weather conditions in the pring* will permit." Hotshevik forces operating in the j Tkraine, according to advices from <iov, have suffered several severe ( feats at the hands of the Ukrain 1 j ns. ^0 ypjjgy j ? 1 TORS WHO OPPOSE San Francisco.?''The gentlemen ' n the Senate who are sotting out t;> 1 efeat this League of Nations are 1 hose 1 would not trust over night," ' ormer President Taft said today at i luncheon given in his honor by lvic organizations as a part of the jrogramme of the Pacific Coasl Congress for the League to Enforce ?eace. "They are citing the Constitution i: an argument against it," continual Mr. Taft. "I revere and worship hat great instrument, and it is a w stni'V to mo if thn Const itntioil prevents this people from playing their part in bringing peace and or]er and happiness to ourselves and the other peoples of the world. "This is not a political question. Cfod forbid. I am glad President Wilson went to Europe, because he went bearing a promise of a League r;f Nations. "The application at this time of the doctrine of avoiding entangling alliances is reactionary to the extent of delaying world peace one hundred years. The question at this time is whether the whole great plan of the League of Nations is to be defeated because we can't got a two-thirds majority of our Senate for its ratification." o Heijf&Si' H'SmSSng Stops The TitskSe* Heals The Throat Cures The Cough Price 35c. A FREE BOX OF GROVE'S O-PEN-TRATE SALVE (Opens the Pores and Penetrates) For Chest Colds, Head Colds and Croup, is enclosed with every bottle of HAYES* HEALING HONEY You get the Cough Syrup and the Salve for one*price, 35c. Made, Recommended and Guaranteed f.o the Public by Paris Medicine Company Manufacturers of Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic U ?? Efforts being ma le in the house to decrease the pay of privates in the army from $30 to $15 a month after July 1 met with instant opposition when this information reached the senate. o Plies Cured In 6 to 14 Days Druggists refund money if PAZO O'NTMFNT faile to cure Itching. Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles. ! .intently rolievcs Itching Plica, an t you con gel restful sleep after tho first npnlicctloa. Price 60c IAL0MEL DYNAMITES I A SLUGGISH LIVER I /'rashes into sour bile, making II you sick and you lose a I day's work. Calomel salivates! It's mercury) luiomel acts like dynamite on a slug. Bish liver. When calomel comes into ontact with sour bile it crashes into ft\i l, causing cramping and nausea. B ] If you feel bilious, headachy, con- B i tipated and all knocked out, just go B o your druggist and get a bottl? of B Jodson's Liver Tone for a few cents B :hich is a harmless vegetable su?)ktiute for dangerous calomel. Take * J | poonful and if it doesn't start your'^^B iver and straighten you up better nd quicker than nasty calomel and without making you sick, you just ;o back and get your money. *"^| If you take calomel today you'll bo ^| ick and nauseated tomorrow; be- ^| ides, it may salivate you, while ^| 'OH I !llrr> Unflc'A?'o T ^vuovii o uivur lone you vill wake up feeling great, ful^ imbition and ready for work and day. It's harmless, pleasant and ;afo to give to children; they like it. H flfl - o H Governor Cooper appointed J. U. (Vardlaw of McConnick a member of lie board of trustees of the John do a Howe schooj. Mr. Ward law is to ill the vacancy routed by the resig- II uition el J. M. Holmes. o If the war had lasted a few months on gel* Germany was prepared to sur >rise the world with an enormous iirpl.une. The bureau of war risk insurance ias recently announced rates on con/crted insurance policies which ik H k'/ill i sue a I tor the tr< aty of peace II ias been signed. o TO AILING WOMEN I A Little Sound Advice Will Help Many a Sufferer in Conway. No woman should consider herself H healthy and well if the kidneys are H weak. Poisons that pass off in the H secretions when the kidneys are fl well, are retained in the body when the kidneys are disordered. If the H i Li-.i.i. -- i - ixivun-yn uiiu manner oecomc miiameu and swollen worse troubles may. H quickly follow. This is often theVv cause of bearing-down pains, lameness, backache, etc. Uric poisoning is I also a frequent cause of headaches, dizzy spells, languor, nervousness, I and rheumatic pain. When suffering so, try Doan's Kid- I ney Pills, a remedy that has proven I effective in thousands of such cases, fl Let a Conway woman tell of her I experience. I Mrs. S. F. Casque, says: "I had all I the symptoms of kidney trouble as my back was sore and lame, my head I ached and I had dizzy spells. My kid- I neys acted very irregularly too, and I bothered me in other ways. It didn't I take Doan's Kidney Pills long to cure I me of all the trouble." Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't fl simply ask for a kidney remedy?got I Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that I Mrs. Gasquc had. Foster-Milbura I Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.?adv E pMMM m mmmM u'. Mi l Erfu n ?. p THE UPHILL GRADE. | fiS g I [fti gg gg ES jTa M ^ I I A little bit o' sunshine, and a little I bit of shade, -/t J A little bit o' puffin' on the uphill V grade, ^ 1 A little bit o' patience with things* I which enn't. be enwwl And a little bit o' grinnin' for things to be endured; For the days are ne'er so gloom r, but they might be worse, And you needn't start to cryin' till you see the hoarse. A little bit o' pray in' as you plod , along, A little bit o' playin'?a little quitch o' song, A little bit o' layin' by a kind word claim, A little bit o' smilin' when the nag goes lame! For there's many a happv couple I never rode a one-horse shay, But walked the road together, on ii. . ?. ? * meir wcucun day. A little bit o' sanding on a long slick track, A little bit o' backbone up and down your back, A little sign o' welcome! and door flung wide, Just to make your neighbors happy, if you just half tried. For each day is swiftly passing, and your stay is mighty brief, And the devil's always grinnin' at 1 your unbelief. ; ?By Will 1). Muse.